VENTIMIGLIA, ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2014: Eritrean refugees walk in a trail near the Italian-French border in Ventimiglia, Italy, on November 20th 2014. They had first tried to cross the border by train in the morning, but were caught by the French police that pushed them back to the Italian border.

The Ventimiglia-Menton border is the border between Italy and France crossed by migrants who decide to continue their journey up north towards countries such as Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands and the UK where the process to receive the refugee status or humanitarian protection is smoother and faster. in Ventimiglia, Italy, on November 17th 2014.